Note to Suns: free throws are free

The Suns got their butts handed to them  in rebounding last night, to the tune of 56-38.  It’s an obvious weakness and a problem, but they aren’t going to overcome their lack of size every night.  Let’s leave it at that and hell, chalk up last night’s performance as an outlier.  The team has consistently hit the glass up to this point and there’s no reason to think they won’t be right back to it come Saturday against Detroit.

Their free throw shooting is an entirely different story.  Did you know the league average from the stripe is 75%?  Well, the Suns are shooting a dismal 71% as a team.  Remove Steve Nash from the equation and they’re sitting at a Shaquille O’Neal-esque 68%.

Puke.

For a team filled with shooters, they sure have a hell of a hard time hitting water falling out of a boat making their free throws.  Perhaps Shaq poisoned the whirlpool (the Suns shot made 78% of their free throws the season before he arrived,) or maybe the team thinks Nash’s incredible performance from the line will magically rub off, but this is an issue that needs to be fixed and pronto.

Second chance points are hard enough to overcome.  Not making the most of free points makes things even more difficult.

all stats from the indispensable basketballreference.com

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